i have already closed netbios and port 445 which i had alos found open (i thought i had closed them but maybe had forgetten too)

i keep my pc update weekly and have both zonealarm and noton antivirus 2004 running. my computer was scann with nothing coming up

my question is:
- what is the easyest way of closing ports? is there another way then there regedit (zonealarm does not seem to have that option).
- do i have a trogan? or am i paranoid?
- what is the distance address *|* is the ip spoofed or hidden

Since you are on Windows XP, you can add one more item to your netstat command which will give you a lot more information. Try this:

netstat -ano

The little "o" (OH) adds one more column to the netstat output, and that is PID (Process ID) for each program that is active on the ports listed. You can then use the task manager (Ctrl Alt Del) to lookup (find) the PID and relate it to the process / program running.

This is very valuable because it'll tell you what programs are talking on those ports and then you can take a look at each one and try to determine if it is a valid program or a problem.